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lights

/laɪts/ noun A1
  1. The lungs, now chiefly of an animal (being lighter than adjacent parts). · a stew of hogs' lights and potatoes
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The electric lights dazzled her eyes, the perfume and hum bewildered her.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 282 · C1
Here there was nothing of this; Anne knew that outside of her window was a hard street, with a network of telephone wires shutting out the sky, the tramp of alien feet, and a thousand lights gleaming on stranger faces.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 293 · C1
“Go on with the lights,” said the inspector.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 132 · C1
Douglas went round the house every night the last thing before he turned in to see that the lights were right.
The Valley of Fear, p. 29 · C1

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